Rita started the day with rapps. Then she deleted 5 apps and still had twice as many apps as Cora has Write an equation that represents the number of apps each girl has

Rita has:
[tex](r-5)\text{ apps}[/tex]Cora has:
[tex]\frac{1}{2}(r-5)\text{ apps}[/tex]Explanation:Rita started the day with r apps
She deleted 5, and has
[tex]r-5[/tex]Then she still has twice as many apps as Cora, so Cora app is:
[tex]\frac{1}{2}(r-5)[/tex]